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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 1, 2002Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2002, 6:13 PM EDT for Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2002, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Whole counties

County Manistee County, MI

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 1, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2002-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2319 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2002-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

401 
WUUS53 KAPX 012213
SVRAPN
MIC101-012300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
613 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MANISTEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKFORT   
  TO 15 MILES WEST OF MANISTEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH...
  PIERPORT...ARCADIA AROUND 620 PM EDT.
  WILDWOOD...PARKDALE...ONEKAMA...MANISTEE AROUND 625 PM EDT.        
  NORWALK...BEAR LAKE AROUND 630 PM EDT.
  KALEVA...COPEMISH AROUND 640 PM EDT.

REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH ALONG
WITH DIME SIZED OR LARGER HAIL. WINDS THIS HIGH CAN DOWN TREES AND
POWER LINES.

LAT...LON 4417 8610 4418 8638 4426 8634 4433 8627
          4451 8624 4451 8583 4417 8583

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlpena, Presque Isle59 min
Jul 31, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX105 min
Aug 1, 7:57 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Aug 1, 8:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac56 min
Aug 1, 8:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 8:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 8:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa, Mackinac62 min
Aug 1, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 10:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 1, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX114 min
Aug 1, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX114 min
Aug 1, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX82 min
Aug 1, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 1, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix51 min
Aug 1, 1:48 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXCharlevoix27 min
Aug 1, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOtsego41 min
Aug 1, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan47 min
Aug 1, 2:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXOtsego27 min
Aug 1, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Aug 1, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Aug 1, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Aug 1, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Aug 1, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Aug 1, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac96 min
Aug 1, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXChippewa88 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX80 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX80 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX80 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX80 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX87 min
Aug 1, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau56 min
Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMackinac47 min
Aug 1, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX88 min
Aug 1, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX88 min
Aug 1, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX88 min
Aug 1, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau50 min
Aug 1, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXCheboygan28 min
Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXPresque Isle40 min
Aug 1, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee47 min
Aug 1, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse47 min
Aug 1, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Aug 1, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX95 min
Aug 1, 7:51 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXPresque Isle39 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.